The Next Manager?

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

My only issue with sari is that whilst I love seeing his fluent attacking football, fast breaking, intricate passing napoli side, we have some of the worst passers I've ever seen for a top level side. Would need a fair few better players to prop us up if we are to play that style. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

No matter hat manager came in it would be the same tho. He would need 4 or 5 new players and we woud be right back able to compete with everyone.

Right players of course!

 

I suppose he will bring his personal coffee wallah with him!

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/video/sarris-coffee-break-napoli-style-120321043.html?guccounter=1

 

[Cosmin 2,484]

 

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Hahah Sarri an expansive football practitioner adding yet another totally attacking minded coach (Zola) to his backroom staff  This should be a fun ride if indeed happens

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Chelsea does not know what is attacking football looks like ...

[Unionjack 7,531]

Just now, xPetrCechx said:

Chelsea does not know what is attacking football looks like ...

Was you asleep last season bud?

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Azpi     Rudiger    Christensen    Emerson

                       New Dm

              Kante        Barkley/RLC

Willian             Morata                Hazard

That's if we buy no one (except DM. I refuse to put any of our players there. We need one!!)

That looks fun. Certainly won' win the league but no one but man City will. Add a very good DM to control the possession and that looks quite dangerous. 

Swap Willian for Bailly? And Morata for Icardi? That's some good shit. 

 

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

So looks like Sarri is the guy. Feeling pretty sad about how it’s ending for Conte. He is the first manager since Joses first stint who I absolutely loved having at the club. 

Anyways, super intrigued by this very non Chelsea appointment. I’m unsure he will be able to recreate the passing and sexy football with our current crop of players but if he does, he should be tested for using some sort of witchcraft. I’d have Jody Morris as his assistant, proper Chelsea and will be able to help him adapt to the club and new country. 

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

#Chelsea have accelerated their interest in appointing ex-Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri as their next boss. [Mail]

Luis Enrique’s demands have provided a stumbling block, which leaves Sarri as the clear front-runner for the job and #Chelsea are poised to press ahead with their interest. [Mail]

[Superblue 6,370]

Whilst on paper our squad doesn't look capable of playing the type of football Sarri has got Napoli playing, neither did Napoli at first.

Players like Koulibaly were viewed as poor on the ball and lacking the positional awareness. Jorginho only became this 'pass master' under Sarri's style, and Insigne and Mertens were never as clinical beforehand. 

Firstly Sarri needs to be able to coach some of these players and get them to adapt to his methods and secondly we need to see if they can play in this way because we've never tried.

Under Conte this season, playing so negative and slow it's always going to cause problems. It encourages teams to push up and press us and also gives time to mark players. Any player is going to struggle finding players up the pitch and unlocking doors in this way. 

A lot of people on this forum have used the excuse with Hazard's goal and assist output that he doesn't play in an offensive minded team, and maybe that is true. But it is also true for every single player at the club. Would our strikers score more goals if more clear chances are being created, same for our wingers. Would our midfielders be capable of dominating teams when on the front foot. 

Until we change our style of play we cannot be sure of how adaptable our players are to someone like Sarri. And even then, given the abundance of loan players and that we'll buy some players too this summer, I'm sure it can work. If anything it will take some time to develop and blossom just like Conte's back three did.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Unionjack 7,531]

2 hours ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Whilst on paper our squad doesn't look capable of playing the type of football Sarri has got Napoli playing, neither did Napoli at first.

Players like Koulibaly were viewed as poor on the ball and lacking the positional awareness. Jorginho only became this 'pass master' under Sarri's style, and Insigne and Mertens were never as clinical beforehand. 

Firstly Sarri needs to be able to coach some of these players and get them to adapt to his methods and secondly we need to see if they can play in this way because we've never tried.

Under Conte this season, playing so negative and slow it's always going to cause problems. It encourages teams to push up and press us and also gives time to mark players. Any player is going to struggle finding players up the pitch and unlocking doors in this way. 

A lot of people on this forum have used the excuse with Hazard's goal and assist output that he doesn't play in an offensive minded team, and maybe that is true. But it is also true for every single player at the club. Would our strikers score more goals if more clear chances are being created, same for our wingers. Would our midfielders be capable of dominating teams when on the front foot. 

Until we change our style of play we cannot be sure of how adaptable our players are to someone like Sarri. And even then, given the abundance of loan players and that we'll buy some players too this summer, I'm sure it can work. If anything it will take some time to develop and blossom just like Conte's back three did.

But the vast majority of this season was a 100% different way to play along with player attitude compared to last season. And that cant all be down to Costa getting the Spanish archer or the supposed negativity of Conte.

Last year we played some of the best football I have ever seen us play. There was a physical electric feeling in MH from the start that something good was going to happen. And apart from a couple of games at the start something good DID happen.

We played smooth,fast attacking football, scored alot of goals and still kept a stromg defence.

And to look at them play most of this year you would think someone had put sleeping tablets in their water!

So it is possible for us to play good looking football. But for whatever reasons, and it cant all be put on Contes head, we haven't.

Our problem will be going from one formation into another that are so different. It wont happen in a few weeks over the summer, and we know Romans impatiance levels.

[Fernando 6,453]

Chelsea sound out Maurizio Sarri over replacing Antonio Conte

Chelsea will meet with Maurizio Sarri’s representatives on Friday, with the former Napoli coach a candidate for the manager’s job should they sack Antonio Conte, who is widely expected to exit the club this summer.

The Stamford Bridge side continue to weigh up the future of Conte, the Italian who warned Chelsea they would be losing a “serial winner” if they decided to replace him after winning the FA Cup at Wembley last weekend.

“After two years, the club knows me very well,” Conte said. “If they want to continue to work with me, they know me. I can’t change. I am this and my past speaks very clearly, as a player and as a manager.” Napoli appointed Carlo Ancelotti as Sarri’s successor on Wednesday after the latter guided the team to a second-place Serie A finish in his third and final season at the club.

The 59-year-old Sarri – who has never managed outside of his homeland – is mulling over an offer from Zenit St Petersburg, understood to be worth around £5.2m a year. However, it is believed that Sarri’s preference would be to join Chelsea but it is not clear whether he is the club’s primary target.

Following Napoli’s 2-1 win over Crotone, which saw Napoli end the season with 91 points before his exit was confirmed, Sarri told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “What I do think is that I could not go directly to another Italian team, and that if I had to make a change I would prefer to go abroad. Everything in life ends and it is better to finish things after writing a beautiful story.”

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/25/chelsea-sound-out-maurizio-sarri-over-replacing-antonio-conte

[oldportblue 547]

 8 minutes ago

Sounds like Maurizio Sarri has joined his entourage in London now, according to @kisskissnapoli

https://twitter.com/SiPhillipsSport/status/1000022772863721472

[Artandur 939]

Does the danish team have a new boss as well ?

[Jase 43,479]

4 minutes ago, Artandur said:

Does the danish team have a new boss as well ?

Fake account?

 

[Artandur 939]

11 minutes ago, Jason said:

Fake account?

 

That would be pretty funny, i still remember the goodbye message to Gladbach this account posted being reported everywhere 😃

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Sarri would be great, but I have doubts going all attacking football all of a sudden. We played defensive yes, and thats one way. Going all out attack is the other way which I dont like either. We need a balance, something between.

Pep is best in attacking football and you cant beat Pep if you go straight attack on him. Thats one big problem if we are going to do that.

Pep dream world would be for every opponent to attack because he is the best at it and ultimately he would win against anyone. Teams that sit deep or play balanced efficient football kill him and he hates that. We shouldnt become all out attacking team because we will always be second best at that. We need to find balance because thats where Pep is weak, he doesnt have plan B.